Urban Study on Key Issues of Urban Homebased Workers in South Asia and South East Asia

Urban Study on Key Issues of Urban Homebased Workers in South Asia and South East Asia

The 'key issues' studies of urban poor homebased workers in South Asian countries (Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan) and Southeast Asian countries (Cambodia, Thailand and the Philippines) profiled below; were conducted as part of the Inclusive Cities project, with a focus on addressing urban poverty and the problems (Key Issues) of the urban Homebased workers in the developing world. Homebased workers - the focus of the HomeNets work with urban poor informal workers are among the most vulnerable of all informal workers

These detailed studies can be considered, in many cases, to be 'frontier' studies given that very little was known previously about low-income homebased workers in most of these cities, with relatively little known about urban poor women and men Homebased workers as own account (self-employed) or subcontracted workers. These initial findings will be complemented by additional research, including studies of urban policies and practices and their impact on homebased workers (whether positive, negative or neutral), over the coming years.